Back in Action

Tough & Deadly	Expect No Mercy	Balance of Power	Talons of the Eagle	The King of the Kickboxers
Last to Surrender	Lady Dragon After her new husband receives a fatal shower of .45 caliber rice, a vengeance-seeking widow must learn an ancient fighting technique in order to bring down the bad guys in this amusing bone-cruncher of a film. Five-time world kickboxing champion Cynthia Rothrock may be somewhat ...	Sci-Fighters	Mission of Justice	No Retreat, No Surrender 2 [Region 2]

Time to pay the Piper!
Back in Action (1994) Roddy Piper (They Live) and Billy Blanks (Showdown) star in this "Kops and Kickboxers" movie. Piper's the policeman whose partner is killed, and Blanks has the dangerous feet and the kidnapped sister, so pretty soon the blitz is on and the bad guys don't stand a chance. I'm really not a fan of the glut of kickboxing movies from this period, but I saw this because I like Piper. He's funny playing the stock loner cop character. On the flip side, though, we have the aptly named Blanks. Although he seem competent when he's applying his feet liberally to some guy's head, but he's not much of an actor. He's also extremely goofy looking. (And I hope he never reads this!) He should probably stick to his Tae Bo tapes. If you like the kind of movie where people throw down their guns so they can kick each other, you'd probably enjoy this. Otherwise, steer clear! Also with Nigel Bennett (Darkman III).

[3.5] it's all about the action
That's about all there is to look forward to from this B-action movie starring martial arts super star Billy Blanks and former wrestler Roddy Piper. The duo is not a cheesy matchup as I had expected. They actually do not know each other at first, and their first meeting in the film is a nasty bar room brawl between the two of them that is actually fun to watch. They eventually realize they need to work together for the same cause, and that is going after a local drug gang who has snatched both of their women - Frank's (Piper) girlfriend and Billy's (Blanks) sister. The story/plot is bare minimal. The bad guys get busted in the beginning, but not caught, by Frank and Blanks, who have both intercepted the drug deals for different reasons. Frank is a cop attempting to take down the dealers, while Billy is attempting to rescue his sister - who is in love with one of the gang members. From there on out, the bad guys want to waste both Frank and Billy, and eventually Billy and Frank team-up to fight back and rescue their loved ones, who are eventually taken hostage. What keeps things actually rolling in the entertainment department with this film is the action. There actually was quite a bit of action, and it was rather decent I must say. I wasn't expecting nearly as much good fight action, for I didn't recognize any popular martial arts actors from the villain side, but some of them still managed to give both Frank and Billy some good one on one's. I'm not a huge Billy Blanks fan, but in this film (despite the fact he is a good guy) he fights a bit dirty at times, obsessed with getting his sister back. It was fun watching Blanks and Piper fight in the bar room scene, it was actually a very even fight and both pretty much get the wind knocked out of each other. If you are into B-movie action with lots of fights, this should be worth checking out. It's not the greatest fight action I have seen, that's for sure, but this was a lot better than I had expected. Blanks and Piper do make an inetersting duo who are not as cheesy as I had expected.

Billy Blanks is very physical - don't like his haircuts
Back in Action is a lot of physical action - which is great if you are looking for that kind of film. Billy and Roddy look good beating people up - and they make a good duo. Always hoping for something more emotional - like - Billy risks life to fight international martial arts expert to save mom from cancer...Billy is very talented in a pow - martial arts way - I just can't get into his haircuts - but having said that - the guy can jump higher in the air than most anybody -

Billy Blanks makes an action movie and action movie
Billy Blanks is the man who keeps thousands maybe millions of people in great shape. Combining that with the fact that he is a seven time world karate champion and has been in twenty movies all together it is exciting to watch. I don't have much to say really except for BILLY BLANKS, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!